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Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten The pretty beer garden inside the magnificentGrand Prospect Hall hosts their own mini Oktoberfest with plenty of beer and a lush setting in which to drink copious amounts of it. The Biergarten also promises. . .Bavarian-inspired food like brats and soft pretzels and the chance to enjoy the outdoors for a few more days

The Gothamist

The Real Deal

"The Brooklyn Bar Association’s (BBA) Young Lawyers Committee held its first event of the legal season at the Grand Prospect Hall’s new beer garden, the Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten, in South Slope..."

Brooklyn Eagle

'If you lived in Brooklyn, or lived in Park Slope, you just knew Grand Prospect Hall,” says Spengler. But this summer, the golden ticket arrived in the form of a beer garden — the first time Grand Prospect Hall has been open to the public in ages. The Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten takes up Grand Prospect Hall’s entire 21,000-square-foot outdoor area, a lush oasis of fountains, trees, a waterfall, a World War II memorial and picnic tables."

The New Yorker

"Three decades later, the husband-and-wife duo is making a bid to fulfill its promise, revitalizing not the hall but its adjacent courtyard as a 500-reveler, booze-soaked shrine to both its Bavarian past and Brooklyn present, celebrating Kings County’s quirky, stay-weird nature as much as its homegrown beer culture."

Time Out New York

'If you lived in Brooklyn, or lived in Park Slope, you just knew Grand Prospect Hall,” says Spengler. But this summer, the golden ticket arrived in the form of a beer garden — the first time Grand Prospect Hall has been open to the public in ages. The Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten takes up Grand Prospect Hall’s entire 21,000-square-foot outdoor area, a lush oasis of fountains, trees, a waterfall, a World War II memorial and picnic tables."

The New York Post

It isn’t quite private, but it certainly feels like it. Within the sprawling garden, customers can find a quiet nook under some trees or a seat near the waterfall. (Seriously, there’s a waterfall.) Even when there are lots of people around, it doesn’t feel crowded...It also offers excellent German food, including delicious sausages that come from a sausage maker in Queens. They’re good enough for a special trip...

Wall Street Journal

The large patio is divided into sections and pathways by wrought-iron fences topped with bright, kelly green banisters. A long rectangular fountain with four dozen spouts separates the lower and upper patios in the front garden. A weathered memorial wall—dedicated in 1945 to local Polish Americans who served in World War II...

Red Tricycle

"For something just as big but a bit more German, check out the brand new Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten at Grand Prospect Hall. It’s everything you could have dreamed of and more. There’s even a mural that says, Brooklynites can’t live on water alone!'....

Park Slope Stoop

...In fact, we totally support the owners’ bid to overtake Jay and Bey, as the King and Queen of Brooklyn the indoor-outdoor space easily rivals the area’s other outsized drinking oasis...it makes up for with a handful of soothing water elements, and lush, bucolic greenery to spare.....Inspired by the 19th century building’s Teutonic roots (it was a popular hangout for Park’s Slope’s “Gold Coast Society,” comprised largely of Bavarian immigrants), the urban oasis offers 24 taps of both German and New York State craft beers, and a sizeable menu of rib-sticking, Eastern European fare..."

Brooklyn Magazine

...Now we've got a look inside the new space, with its many water elements and, yes, that stuffed horse. The first thing to note is the greenery involved, with trees, many a trellis and potted ferns and flowers combining to make a lush oasis. Lots of notable backyard bars boast a shrub or two, but this is some next level flora. Then there's the charming waterfall, with water splashing down over a rustic stone wall and archway....

The Gothamist

The taps are flowing at a beer garden recently opened in Park Slope.... with 14 varieties of beer, customers say the bar is a welcome escape on a hot summer day. In addition to drinks, the bar provides dishes packed with Brooklyn and German influences, from bratwurst...

News 12 News

They’ll make your "träume" come true! The owners of iconic Park Slope reception center Grand Prospect Hall have added a luxuriant German beer garden to their sprawling events facility, and the proprietors say sipping pilsners on their patio is a religious experience....

Brooklyn Paper

"The beer garden really is a natural extension of the history of Grand Prospect Hall...When this place first operated Brooklyn was a real beer empire so it’s like coming full circle. The beer list includes 24 craft brews mostly from New York state and a few German imports. The German-inspired menu includes pretzels, bratwurst, schnitzel, pierogies and cheese platters...."

DNAInfo

Honoring its New York and Bavarian roots, all 24 taps will feature mostly New York State drafts and some German imports, including Six Point, Ommegang, and Bitburger. Local Red Hook Winery varietals, a full bar, and an eclectic German-themed menu will also be available... features vegetarian versions of German favorites.

South Slope News

Starting this Friday, if your dream is to enjoy a German beer outdoors at a Bavarian Biergarten, right here in Park Slope, then The Grand Prospect Hall has succeeded once again! That's right, The Grand Prospect Hall is launching Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten on Friday, July 17th. All 24 taps will feature mostly New York State drafts and some German imports.....

The Other 5th

The Halkias, owners of Grand Prospect Hall (and erstwhile candidates for our new monarchy) were inspired by their Bavarian roots to renew the empty courtyard next to their spot and turn it into a regular feierhaus. Not only is this a great idea — it’s also a power play befitting the days leading up to Brokelyn’s coronation of our new King and Queen.

Brokelyn

Today, the outside garden is a visual delight with lush trees, colorful flowers, tranquil water fountains with abundant seating for large groups as well as tables for two. The garden can accommodate 500 people and surrounds a glass-enclosed inside area that can accommodate another 500 fun-seekers.

Patch

We've never had the pleasure of visiting the Grand Prospect Hall but after decades of their charming DIY commercials, it's as if we know it intimately. Now there's reason to go even if nuptials aren't on the docket, as they're opening a brand new beer garden tomorrow afternoon...which has been dubbed the Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten in a nod to the neighborhood's once robust German population....

The Gothamist

Nothing says summer like a beer garden, and a brand new one is pouring pints in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Bavarian Bier Garten is now open for business, right next door to the famous Grand Prospect Hall. The neighborhood had historically been home to a large Bavarian German population.